The vertebrate is the most integral part of the body. It helps us carry out feats as simple as standing and walking, to lifting heavy weights and climbing. In fact, spine is responsible for us being able to get up in the morning. It supports the entire skeleton against the downward pulling force of gravity. And while there are many reasons due to which it might get hurt, like twisting, slipping, gravity is perhaps the most common culprit behind most of the reported cases of chronic back pains in the western civilization.
Under the effect of gravity, the spinal disks, which are stacked on top of each other, undergo compression. This results in ailments such as-
- Dehydrated spine- This causes the spine to become brittle and lock in certain positions, resulting in pain and difficulty in moving.
- Decrease in the length of the spine- This may cause a gradual decrease in the height of the person and pain in the lower back region that had to undergo the maximum amount of stress.
- Pinching Nerves- The decrease in the size of the disk may cause some nerve to get trapped and may result in excruciating pain that may be even further worsened by stretching or massaging the area.
The most common way to get rid of the misery that surrounds this ailment is by the use of electric back stretcher table. Also called inversion tables, these are meant to relieve the pains that may be caused by sitting in the upright position over long periods of time. Their working is simple. Just as standing upright causes the disks to compress against each other and then cause problems overtime, in case of inversion tables, the person is strapped into his position with the help of four strong flaps and then, with the help of the remote, the table inverts its position by slanting in the opposite direction.
Now, the same gravity that had until now been the reason behind all such problems, becomes the very healer that treats the pains. Under the effect of gravity, the then compressed disks expand in the opposite direction and give way for it to absorb back the water content lost and to get replenished back into its previous state of being.
The four flaps that hold the body in place are located at the head, the midsection, the feet and the hands. They are tightened so that when the table is inverted, the person feels perfectly in place and doesn’t fall off. Only about an hour of this simple treatment has been proven to provide results within a week, with some people, suffering from pain for years, reporting its sudden disappearance.
Electric back stretcher table has gotten the attention of the scientific community, and now of the common man, because of the simplicity of the idea involved and ease of operation. Though there are other options in the market to relieve the same pains, like horizontal back stretchers or strap-type back stretchers, none can guarantee positive effects like inversion tables.
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